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I finally got around to uploading our 'best of' photos to MobileMe Gallery, including a few of our trip on the Durango & Silverton. Better late than never. Big thanks to RvDUB for setting this up. Cheers--Chris

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All the rallyer's know that this is a Touareg Ptarmigan....the color is a little off as normally they come in teak. You can tell it is a Touareg Ptarmigan as it is in the lowered (unloading) position in the pic. It will raise up to scurry across rough terrain. It has a special capability in that it can easily cross washed out trails by literally flying down the mountain. Usually, you will find them in a flock (like Rallyers) and they visit the San Juans late in the summer for one last nesting fling and then a little R&R. Another tell-tale indentifier is the smile on its beak!

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That Touareg ptarmigan is also known as a white-tailed ptarmigan, the only ptarmigan found in Colorado. I believe that this particular bird is a female, from the salmon-colored eye combs. The camera angle obscures the white on the tip of the tail.

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All the rallyer's know that this is a Touareg Ptarmigan....the color is a little off as normally they come in teak. You can tell it is a Touareg Ptarmigan as it is in the lowered (unloading) position in the pic. It will raise up to scurry across rough terrain. It has a special capability in that it can easily cross washed out trails by literally flying down the mountain. Usually, you will find them in a flock (like Rallyers) and they visit the San Juans late in the summer for one last nesting fling and then a little R&R. Another tell-tale indentifier is the smile on its beak!

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Some of the real old-timers may remember a thread on the original Vortex in the first year concerning muffler bearings......it was a classic...of course, it came at a time every one of us was complaining (the nicest possible word) about the millions of niggli's and first year problems that almost everyone was enduring.

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Yeah, a little levity never hurts. Most of us take ourselves way too seriously anyway.

Switchin' gears, I just pulled together a PowerPoint of the schubie family's rally experience. (I keep promising/threatening to give co-workers a presentation.) The exercise was a really nice reminder of what a terrific time we had.

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have a new (to me) 2006 Touareg TDI (v10 but not sure that makes a difference). A few days ago the drivers side low beam stopped working and gave me the "check headlights" message on the screen.
Took me a bit to figure out how to remove the headlight assembly but I did so, realized I had HID...

On my 2013 TDI, the trailer brake controller cable harness plug is visible by looking up through the opening on the left side of the steering wheel. It can be reached with your right hand without removing the lower panel. Reach up through the opening next to the firewall where the steering link...

Since the gallery web app that I used to host was hacked a few years ago and was subsequently taken down, we have been missing many of the good pictures spanning the last 5 years or Colorado Rally. In the days leading up to the Rally, I'll start posting up some of what I considered the BEST...